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With effect from 1 January 2012 the statutory obligation to disclose substantial shareholdings in listed companies also includes certain cash-settled instruments, such as cash-settled equity swaps and stock options

On 8 December 2009, the lower house of the Dutch parliament passed a bill to amend the rules in Book 2 of the DCC on management and supervision within NVs and BVs (also referred to as the one-tier board bill

On 1 July 2010, new legislation giving works councils of public limited liability companies (naamloze vennootschappen, NVs) the right to express an opinion on certain proposed shareholder resolutions entered into effect

On 28 May 2010, the Council of Ministers approved a proposal by the Minister of Justice to introduce rules under the DCC making it possible to adjust or claw back bonuses paid or granted to management board members